honor, n. 1. In the United States, a courtesy title given to judges and certain other public officials. 2. (usu. pl.) In England, those dignities or privileges, degrees of nobility, knighthood, and other titles that flow from the Crown. 3. Hist. In England, a seigniory of several manors held under one baron or lord paramount. […]
brassage (bras-ij). Hist. A government charge for the actual cost of coining metals. • Any profit is termed seigniorage. See SEIGNIORAGE(2).
habitant (a-bee-ton), n. [French] 1. Hist. French law. A person holding land in feudal tenure from a seignior. 2. A native of Canada of French descent, esp. one from the farming class.
seign(i)ory n. (1)庄园；领地 (2)领有关系；保有关系 指封建领主与领有其土地的封臣之间的关系。 (3)领主权指领主〔lord〕对封臣〔tenant〕因后者保有其土地而享有的各种权利和利益，如收取地租、接受效忠、接受服务、监护权、财产复归权等。1289年以前，领主权可通过次级分封〔subinfeudation〕创制，但1289年的《封地买卖法》〔Quia Emptores〕废止了这一做法。随着封建保有附属权〔incident〕被逐渐废弃和封建租役〔rent service〕的慢慢失去价值，领主权也变得没有实际意义了，结果后来存在的领主权几乎都是附属于庄园的领主权〔seignory attached to a manor〕。依不同标准领主权可作如下划分：效忠领主权〔seignory by fealty〕和封建租役领主权〔seignory by rent service〕；最高领主权〔seignory paramount〕和中间领主权〔mesne seignory〕；附属于庄园的领主权和单纯领主权〔seignory in gross〕。在庄园转让过程中，附属的领主权也随之转让，但单纯的领主权则要有转让契据〔deed〕才能转让。 (→seigniory in gross; subinfeudation; rent service; mesne)
soc (sohkorsok), n. [Law Latin] Hist. 1. A liberty of exercising private jurisdiction; specif., the privilege granted to a seigniory of holding a tenant’s court. 2. The territory subject to such private jurisdiction. — Also spelled soke; soca; sac. fold soc. See FALDAGE(1).
enfranchisement of copyhold. Hist. The conversion of copyhold into freehold tenure, by (1) a conveyance of the fee simple from the lord of the manor to the copyholder, (2) a release by the lord of all seigniorial rights, or (3) a release by the copyholder to the lord of the copyholder’s interest in the estate.
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feodum (fee-[schwa]-d[schwa]m orfyoo-d[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. 1. A fee; a heritable estate. “Feodum … A fee; the same as feudum. This is the word uniformly employed by Glanville and Bracton to denote an estate of inheritance, and an estate held of another by service, instead of feudum, which is invariably used by the continental feudists.”
A manor in which the demesne lands and services become absolutely separated. • The manor is no longer a manor in actuality, only in reputation. — Also termed seigniory in gross.
brassage n. (古)铸币费 政府征收的相当于铸造金属币实际成本部分的费用。金属币的面值减去其所含贵金属的价值和铸币费所得的差额即为硬币铸造税或铸币利差。(→seigniorage)